The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is hosting a virtual forum on autism spectrum disorders and the environment on Tuesday, April 22 from 2 to 2 pm Eastern. The live webcast will be open to the public and feature a panel of autism research experts who will take questions. Registration is required and now open here.
Questions for the panelists can be submitted beforehand as well as during the webcast via the website or the @NIEHS Twitter account using the hashtag #autismforum2014. The panel will answer and discuss as many questions as possible during the live event.
The panel will include NIEHS Director Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D. and four autism research experts:
* Alan Brown, Columbia University
* Irva Hertz-Picciotto, UC Davis MIND Institute
* Avi Reichenberg, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
* Heather Volk, Keck School of Medicine and Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
The forum is the second in a series of community forums hosted by the NIEHS. For more information on NIEHS research on autism spectrum disorder, click here.
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